Notes from the Slow Lane

I am attempting to knit her February baby cardigan from her Knitter's Almanac for the very sweet baby of a friend. It is a beautiful ca...

I think I've found it, or solved it, the elusive niggle that something's not quite right, that I'm out of sync with something. ...

Today, since we are still surrounded by acres of snow, I held a tea party to which our dear neighbours came and for this purpose I baked. I...

I am pleased to announce that the vine yoke cardigan did 'work', it fits, doesn't look too silly/outlandish/hand knit and is won...

How time flies when you're having fun... now it's nearly Christmas and nearly two months since I last posted, I am a bad blogger. F...

I've just finished Still Life by A. S. Byatt and I think I'm in shock. Towards the end of this brilliant novel she delivers such a...

Wow I haven't been here for a while. The socks are still on the go - just turning the heel of the second one. Overall I feel blank, I d...